[Vocabulary] Law vs Laws

[InterMFU]

When it it appropriate to use the word "law" and appropriate to use the word "laws"?

for example, a Bachelor of Laws, civil and commercial law, etc.

 

[InterMFU]

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[Tdol]

Civil law refers to that body of law in general, but you can count individual laws that are enacted.

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[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forums, InterMFU:-D.

Bachelor of Laws is a special case, and something of an anachronism.

'Historically, law students studied both canon law and civil law.' (Wikipedia)

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[Raymott]

What you call a bachelor's degree is dependent entirely on what it is officially called by the awarding body.
An "LLB" is a Bachelor of Laws (the double 'L' signifies a plural). If it's called a B.Law, then you wouldn't use the plural.